About the Authors

Richard S. Ostfeld

rostfeld@caryinstitute.org

Affiliation Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, United States of America

Taal Levi

Affiliation Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Anna E. Jolles

Affiliation Departments of Biomedical Sciences and Zoology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Lynn B. Martin

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Parviez R. Hosseini

Affiliation EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York, United States of America

Felicia Keesing

Affiliation Biology Program, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RSO TL AEJ LBM PRH FK. Performed the experiments: RSO FK. Analyzed the data: RSO TL FK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TL AEJ LBM FK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: RSO TL AEJ LBM PRH FK.